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Volume 181 - December 2002

Contents

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  • [No Title]

  • M. R. Garland
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    02 January 2018, p. 348
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  • Survivors of the Piper Alpha oil platform disaster: long-term follow-up study

  • Alastair M. Hull, David A. Alexander, Susan Klein
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    02 January 2018, pp. 433-438
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  • Background

    The long-term psychological effects of surviving a major disaster are poorly understood. We undertook a survey of survivors of the Piper Alpha oil platform disaster (1988).

    Aims

    To examine the role of factors relating to the trauma, the survivors and the survivors' circumstances.

    Method

    Ten years after the disaster, 78% (46/59) of the survivors were located, of whom 72% (33/46) agreed to be interviewed. A further three individuals completed postal measures.

    Results

    The most stringent diagnostic criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were met by 21% (7/33) of the survivors over 10 years after the disaster. Features such as physical injury, personal experience and survivor guilt were associated with significantly higher levels of post-traumatic symptoms.

    Conclusions

    A narrow definition of factors affecting outcome will limit the potential for improving survivor well-being in the long-term after major disasters. Specific symptoms that are not included in the criteria for the diagnosis of PTSD, together with issues such as re-employment, need to be addressed.

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  • Personality disorder

  • C. Bennett
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    02 January 2018, p. 76
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  • Forget community care – reinstitutionalisation is here

  • T. Turner, S. Priebe
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    02 January 2018, p. 253
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  • Recruitment and retention in psychiatry

  • C. O'Gara, J. Sauer
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    02 January 2018, p. 163
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Back matter

  • BJP volume 181 issue S43 Cover and Back matter

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    02 January 2018, p. b1
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  • Compensation claims after whiplash neck injury

  • O. Kwan, J. Friel
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    02 January 2018, pp. 253-254
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  • A. Ryle
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    02 January 2018, pp. 76-77
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  • L. Clarke-Smith, R. Tranter
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    02 January 2018, p. 163
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  • Authors' reply

  • P. Strickland, J. F.W. Deakin
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    02 January 2018, p. 349
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  • Cognitive-behavioural therapy for schizophrenia

  • R. Ruddy, A. Mitchell
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    02 January 2018, p. 439
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  • Author's reply

  • J. Moncrieff
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    02 January 2018, p. 531
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  • D. Pilgrim
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    02 January 2018, p. 77
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  • Non-right-handedness and schizophrenia

  • M. Annett
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    02 January 2018, pp. 349-350
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  • Effects of exercise on depression in old age

  • K. Jagadheesan, S. Chakraborty, V. K. Sinha, S. H. Nizamie
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    02 January 2018, p. 532
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  • Author's reply

  • D. Turkington
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    02 January 2018, pp. 439-440
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  • R. Ferrari
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    02 January 2018, p. 254
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  • Improving the CHI

  • L. Patterson, J. Cornwall
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    02 January 2018, pp. 163-164
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  • Authors' reply

  • R. Mayou
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    02 January 2018, p. 254
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  • Cognitive impairment in bipolar disorder

  • J. S. Rubinsztein, B. J. Sahakian
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    02 January 2018, p. 440
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